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sting228

13.   By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.

(A) By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.

(B) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine, protecting the public.

(C) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine which protects the public.

(D) In order to protect the public, by law a qualified physician only can prescribe medicine.

(E) In order to protect the public, by law only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.

答案时E

我的问题是：E中间的In order to protect the public中in order to后面的V－－protect应该和整句的逻辑主语对应。

那整句的逻辑主语是什么？难道是a qualified physician？逻辑上好像逻辑上不对啊。我认为如果是E对的话，原句会不会是It is by law that only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.的省略？这样 逻辑主语是that从句？不过其实我认为law最像protect逻辑主语。

此外，A错的原因是因为  ，protecting the public 有歧义还是因为By law不应该与主句用comma格开呢？

谢谢大家帮助解答！！

leeon

这道题确实几个答案都找不出明显的语法错误，也只能从逻辑意思上去理解，in order to protect the public可以补出先行词a law 或to make a law，后面的by law only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine看成是a law的内容。继续讨论!

sting228

再问类似问题:

og

183. Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried to keep from being stolen by invaders.

(A) to keep from

(B) to keep it from

(C) to avoid

(D) in order that it would avoid（B）

(E) in order to keep from

OG解释中认为:Like choice A, choices C and E lack the pronoun.也就是说把E改成Archaeologists in Ireland believe that a recently discovered chalice, which dates from the eighth century, was probably buried in order to keep it from being stolen by invaders.句子就对了.

我的问题是:in order to keep的逻辑主语是什么?因为已经有it作keep的宾语,所以肯定逻辑主语不是主句的主语a recently discovered chalice.那么逻辑主语肯定是bury chalice的主动动作执行者. 是否这倒过来说明in order to的逻辑主语只能是主动动作的执行者,所以必须加上it?

是否说明被动句中的in order to 动作的逻辑主语只能是是潜在的主动执行者?

leeon

因为已经有it作keep的宾语,所以肯定逻辑主语不是主句的主语a recently discovered chalice.那么逻辑主语肯定是bury chalice的主动动作执行者

这点同意！从逻辑上也可以判断出是was probably buried 的动作的发出者。

是否说明被动句中的in order to 动作的逻辑主语只能是是潜在的主动执行者

这点不能确认，觉得主要还是从逻辑上判断。

下面摘录词典对in order to的解释：

If u do something in order to achieve a particular thing or in oder that something can happen,u do it because u want to achieve that thing.

If someone must be in particular situation in order to achieve something they want, they cannot achieve that thing if they are not in that situation.

bunnier

according to longman,

▶FOR A PURPOSE◀
a) in order to do something: for the purpose of doing something
- Samuel trained every day in order to improve his performance.
- In order to understand how the human body works, you need to have some knowledge of chemistry.

意思上去理解... it shows the purpose of certain actions. 逻辑主语也许不重要.

多多讨论．．．

leeon

看了一下词典的例句，in order to和in order that，前者要求前后逻辑主语一致，后者用于不同逻辑主语；我想这一点印证了你刚才的想法是对的；

不过这里我还有问题就是这里的in order to和to的区别在哪里？

sting228

我认为in order to 和to 在GMAT中没有实质意义上的区别,，如果用在句中, 则in order to 就是to的意思，只不过更烦杂

不过in order to 可用在句首作状语，与主句用comma隔开，修饰后句；to do好像不直接用在句首与主句格开作状语，不过好像可以用在句末与主句格开作状语。后一种用法记得好像在哪里看见过，一下找不到了，继续着的说～～

leeon

不过in order to 可用在句首作状语，与主句用comma隔开，修饰后句；to do好像不直接用在句首与主句格开作状语

To attract investors,Panama has ajusted its tax and labor laws.

不过好像可以用在句末与主句格开作状语

这种作目的状语的用法我倒是没见过。

我所见的in order to和to的用法也基本相同，按照这个说法，遵循简洁原则，岂不是只用to就行了，不需要in order to了

sting228

又想问一楼中的(A)  By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.如果改为By law, only a qualified physician can  prescribe medicine, protecting the public。则该句是否正确？ , protecting the public现在有歧义吗，它会修饰medicine吗？？

leeon

又想问一楼中的(A)  By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the public.如果改为By law, only a qualified physician can  prescribe medicine, protecting the public。则该句是否正确？ , protecting the public现在有歧义吗，它会修饰medicine吗？？

不会修饰medicine，如果做定语修饰前面不会用逗号隔开。改了后，依然不正确，原句逻辑意思上暗含着因果逻辑关系，改了后依然显示不出所要表达的逻辑关系。